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31 Cards in this Set

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Cornet/trumpet, Bandleader, seductiveness of approach to slow blues

Buddy Bolden

Trumpet, cornetist, Creole Jazz Band

Joe King Oliver

Trumpet, may have lost chance to make 1st Jazz record

Freddie Keppard

Drummer in Dixieland

Nick LeRoca

Clarinet/soprano saxophone, volatile

Sidney Bechet

Most important figure in development of jazz, trumpet, progressive rhymically, melodically, etc. mastered scat

Louis Armstrong

Heard Louis on river boats, trumpet, first major white jazz star

Bix Beiderbecke

piano, "inventor of Jazz" Creole, Red Hot Peppers

Jelly Roll Morton

Piano, originator of stride piano

James. P. Johnson

Piano/songwriter/composer, satirical interpretations of Tin Pan Alley songs

Fats Waller

Band leader, from US to streets of Paris during 1st World War, influential in bringing jazz to Europe

James Reese Europe

recognized for being able to solo, stood out in every large ensemble

Swing musicians

father of tenor saxophone, sax solo in Body and Soul, embellishment of the melody

Coleman Hawkins

tenor saxophone, rival of Coleman (trying to outdo one another with originality)

Lester Young

trumpet, influenced Dizzy Gillepsie

Roy Eldridge

female vocalist, played with Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, way of delivering the story and melody, learned from Louis Armstrong, emotional pain

Billie Holiday

prominent in Swing era, great improviser, spirit of musical joy, versatile in styles

Ella Fitzgerald

blind piano player, can play really fast (stride piano player!)

Art Tatum

had two fingers, lightning speed, different style, Gypsy jazz guitar player in Paris

Django Reinhardt

developed own style, popular style of music in paris, electric guitar player with Benny Goodman, Gibson guitar with amplifier

Charlie Christian

Piano player with Benny Goodman, stride, played with Billie Holiday

Teddy Wilson

Part of big band that took place in NYC, Louis played with him

Fletcher Henderson

most widely performed composer, songwriter, composer, arranger, bandleader, pianist, producer, wrote music of every kind

Duke Ellington

jazz pianist, famous Kansas City bandleader, irregular member of Blue Devils

Count Basie

clarinet, bandleader, King of Swing, brought racial integration to the public

Benny Goodman

trombonist, led most popular swing band of early 1940s, combined conventional dance music with swing music. Brought into mainstream

Glenn Miller

Very different in terms of style in terms of white vs. black bands. Sweet music. Brought elemetn of jazz into the concert hall, attracted more sophisticated people. Symphonic jazz

Paul Whiteman

Clarinet player, had major hits in 30s and 40s, compared to Benny Goodman as his rival

Artie Shaw

early jazz musician, piano player, Big Band, worked with Louis Armstrong, developed own styles, Louis got more recognition

Earl Hines

Jazz singer and bandleader

Cab Calloway

drummer that had band in Sabaway ballroom (dancehall in Harlem), thousands of people, opportunity for blacks and whites to mingle on dance floor. Known for great music, 2 bands playing. Music was continuous, Big Band competition- who got crowd more excited?

Chick Webb